Dr Daniel Farrelly

Senior Lecturer

Contact Details

Teaching & Research

Teaching

Evolution and Human Behaviour
Diversity and Inclusivity in Psychology
Social and Developmental Psychology
Biological and Cognitive Psychology
Applying Psychology to the Real World
Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Research Methods
Positive Psychology

Research

My main interests are in the empirical and theoretical application of evolutionary theory to explain human behaviour and psychological processes. This includes areas such as how cooperation has evolved in humans, particularly in response to different social situations and pressures. I am also interested in how social factors, including different life-history variables such as relationship status, influence male competitive behaviour and also levels of circulating testosterone. I am also interested in emotional intelligence, including its links with other personality traits and its application to different occupational and health settings.

Professional Bodies

Professional Bodies

Publications

Publications

Farrelly, D. (2017). The type of behavior and the role of relationship length in mate choice for prosociality among physically attractive individuals. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 40. doi:10.1017/S0140525X16000480.

Farrelly, D. (2013). Altruism as an indicator of good parenting quality in long term relationships: Further investigations using the Mate Preferences towards Altruistic Traits scale. The Journal of Social Psychology, 153, 395-398.

Farrelly, D., and Austin, E.J. (2007). Ability EI as an intelligence? Associations of the MSCEIT with performance on emotion-processing and social tasks and with cognitive ability. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 1043-1063.

External Responsibilities

Peer-reviewer for Australian Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Psychology, British Journal of Social Psychology, Cognition and Emotion, Evolution and Human Behavior, Evolutionary Psychology, International Journal of Psychology, Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Science, Journal of Personality, Motivation and Emotion, Perception, Personal Relationships, Personality and Individual Differences, PLOS one.

Grant reviewer for the Economics and Social Research Council

I have also conducted different consultancy sessions in the area of Emotional Intelligence for different organisations, Including Nissan UK, NHS, and the Tyne Gateway charity.